On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Richard Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip
>  while (<FH>) {
>    local $/ = "\n\n";
snip
>  }
snip

You want $/ to have an effect on <FH>, but it is localized to inside
of the loop.  You need to say

{
    local $/ = "\n\n";
    while (<FH>) {
    }
}

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Chas. Owens
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